Python recipies

recipes.py

class cached_property(object):
    """
    Decorator that converts a method with a single self argument into a
    property cached on the instance.
    """
    def __init__(self, func):
        self.func = func

    def __get__(self, instance, type=None):
        if instance is None:
            return self
        res = instance.__dict__[self.func.__name__] = self.func(instance)
        return res